Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Mississippi
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,935
after federal, FICA and Mississippi tax
Tax takes
$23,035
24.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,407
Mississippi costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Mississippi — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$94,970
Kept after tax
$71,935
Worth in national money
$82,407
State rank
40
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Mississippi is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $94,970, ranking 40 of 48 states — about 7.81% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Mississippi. It ranks 43 out of 486 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Mississippi does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $94,970 you keep $71,935, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $82,407 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $92,900, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Mississippi ranks 40 of 48 for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay, with a median of $94,970 — about 7.81% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within Mississippi, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 43 of 486 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Mississippi income tax, retained pay for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay on $94,970 is $71,935. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $82,407 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $92,900 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $116,220 |
| This salary | $94,970 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Mississippi | $71,935 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,641 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,566 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $89,701 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,308 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Mississippi earn under $94,970 and half over. The published range runs $66,970 at the tenth percentile to $116,220 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Mississippi's $71,935, worked from $94,970. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 43 of 486.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $82,407 uses one figure for the whole of Mississippi. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 486 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 43.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay in Mississippi, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $66,970 to $116,220; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Mississippi take-home of $71,935, on $94,970 for work ranking 43 of 486 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 43 of 486 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $82,407, worked from $94,970, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Mississippi address, on work sitting at 43 of 486 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $66,970 at the bottom tenth to $116,220 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Mississippi is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $82,407 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Mississippi's own levy, $71,935 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($66,970 to $116,220) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Mississippi rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Mississippi's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $82,407 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $71,935 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Mississippi income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.